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three-fold in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
    "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
    double  dual  twofold  two-fold  treble  threefold  three-fold 
  2. three times as great or many
    "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
    treble  threefold  three-fold  triple 
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